The BBC is reporting that Nigerian militant group Boko Haram, in an audio statement, has pledged allegiance to Islamic State.
The message, which could not immediately be verified, was posted on Boko Haram’s Twitter account and appeared to be by the group’s leader.
Boko Haram began a military campaign to impose Islamic rule in northern Nigeria in 2009. The conflict has since spread to neighbouring states.
It would be the latest in a series of groups to swear allegiance to IS.
This comes on a deadly day where the group has been suspected of masterminding a string of coordinated bombings in the Borno state capital of Maiduguri that has left at least 54 people dead.
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